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Current Open Positions
Laborers
A general term used on construction work covering many unskilled classifications requiring work of a physical nature. A laborer works with all crews doing everything from pick and shovel work to cleaning up lumber with hammer, shoveling and placing concrete, uses air tools, cleans concrete joints and fills joints with sealing compound from bucket or with hose and nozzle from a central source, applies coating of oil to inside face of forms, may help set and strip forms, unloads and transports reinforcing steel, cures newly poured concrete, helps lower pipe into ditch for pipelayers, builds fences, works with dirt crew keeping construction layout stakes out of the way of dirt-moving equipment.
May fine grade excavation and ditches, shovels hot asphalt material. May use power tools and other necessary equipment in demolition work. Does not ordinarily perform work permitting exercise of independent judgment or without close direction by other workers. Usually an entry level position as the first step to learn a skill. Performs other related duties.
Flaggers
A worker who directs traffic in or around a construction site. May use signs or devices to direct traffic. May help assemble, position, and clean devices or equipment used to direct traffic. Must be able to effectively communicate with the public. May require certain level of training by TxDOT specifications. Performs other related duties.
Equipment Operators
Operates welding equipment. Cuts, lays out, fits and welds metals or alloyed metal parts to fabricate or repair equipment. Welds the joints between lengths of pipe for oil, gas or other types of pipelines. Welds structural steel girders and diaphragms. May assist in welding of permanent metal deck forms. Performs other related duties.
Operates a crawler or rubber-tired machine mounted with an excavator bucket. Used for excavating ditches, structures and mass excavations, laying pipe and precast concrete structures, loading trucks and placing rock riprap. May also be equipped with various hydraulic attachments. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
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Potential Future Job Openings
Here are some of the typical job descriptions related to the work we do. Please see Current open Positions for the latest openings or feel free to submit an application to be considered when a position becomes available.
Asphalt Distributor Operator
Drives distributor truck, sets spray bars and operates valves and lever to control distribution of bituminous material for highway surfacing. Mau oil, grease or otherwise service and make adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Asphalt Paving Machine Operator
Operates paving machine that spreads and levels asphaltic concrete on highway subgrade. Controls movement of machine, raises and lowers screed, regulates width of screed. May oil, grease, service and make adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Asphalt Raker
Distributes asphaltic materials evenly over road surface by raking and brushing material to correct thickness; may control screed to regulate width and depth of materials; directs Laborers when to add or take away material to fill low spots or to reduce high spots. Performs other related duties.
Boom Truck Operator
Drives a gasoline or diesel single or tandem axle truck equipped with a hydraulic telescopic or articulated boom for picking up various objects. Operates boom in accordance with signals from ground. May require CDL license for highway use. May service and make necessary adjustments for proper operation of equipment. This classification used only when boom is operated; otherwise operator should be classified under appropriate truck driver classification. Performs other related duties.
Broom or Sweeper Operator
Operates a self-propelled machine to sweep and clean roadway surfaces. May oil, grease, service and make adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Concrete Finisher, Paving and Structures
Finishes the exposed surfaces of fresh concrete paving, median barrier and every element of concrete structures to the final trowels. Operates bridge deck finishing machine. Forms and finishes edges and joints. Finishes concrete curbs and gutters. Finishes exposed surface of concrete after forms have been removed by patching imperfections with fresh concrete, rubbing surface with abrasive stone, and directing others in removing excess or defective concrete with power tools. Performs other related duties.
Crane Operator, Hydraulic 80 tons or less
A worker who operates a hydraulic telescoping boom type crane to hoist and move materials, raise and lower heavy weights and perform other related operations. May be crawler type or rubber-tired. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Crane Operator, Lattice Boom 80 tons or less
A worker who operates a lattice boom type crane to hoist and move materials, raise and lower heavy weights and perform other related operation. May be crawler type or rubber-tired. May include placement of rock riprap, clamshell, dragline, pipe and pile driving operations. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Crane Operator, Lattice Boom Over 80 tons
A worker who operates a lattice boom type crane to hoist and move materials, raise and lower heavy weights and perform other related operation. May be crawler type or rubber-tired. May include placement of rock riprap, clamshell, dragline, pipe and pile driving operations. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Crane Operator, Hydraulic Over 80 tons
A worker who operates a hydraulic telescoping boom type crane to hoist and move materials, raise and lower heavy weights and perform other related operations. May be crawler type or rubber-tired. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Electrician
Plans and directs the layout of metal electrical conduit, installs wiring systems, switch panels, buss bars; works on overhead distribution systems and underground distribution systems. Performs other related duties.
Excavator Operator, 50,000 lbs or less
Operates a crawler or rubber-tired machine mounted with an excavator bucket. Used for excavating ditches and structures, laying pipe and precast concrete structures, loading trucks and placing rock riprap. May also be equipped with various hydraulic attachments. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Excavator Operator, Over 50,000 lbs
Operates a crawler or rubber-tired machine mounted with an excavator bucket. Used for excavating ditches, structures and mass excavations, laying pipe and precast concrete structures, loading trucks and placing rock riprap. May also be equipped with various hydraulic attachments. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Flagger
A worker who directs traffic in or around a construction site. May use signs or devices to direct traffic. May help assemble, position, and clean devices or equipment used to direct traffic. Must be able to effectively communicate with the public. May require certain level of training by TxDOT specifications. Performs other related duties.
Form Builder/Setter, Structures
Works from plans to build, assemble, fit together, align, plumb, and set in place forms for molding concrete structures. Forms may be wood, steel, aluminum, fiberglass or any other type of material. Checks forms while concrete is being placed. Directs others in stripping forms after concrete is placed. May install miscellaneous materials integral to concrete structures. May install precast concrete elements. Prepares for slipforming traffic rail and median barrier. May install permanent metal deck forms. May work with power tools. Performs other related duties.
Form Setter, Paving and Curb
Fits together, aligns and sets to grade metal and wooden forms for placement for concrete paving and curbs. Works with survey crew to set stringline for paving, curb and gutter and curb. Performs other related duties.
Front End Loader Operator, Over 3 CY
Operates a rubber-tired, skid steer, or crawler type tractor with an attached scoop type bucket on front end. Machine is used to load materials from stockpiles, excavation, charging batch plants, loading and unloading tricks. May be used with attachments in lieu of the bucket. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Front End Loader Operator, 3 CY or Less
Operates a rubber-tired, skid steer, or crawler type tractor with an attached scoop type bucket on front end. Machine is used to load materials from stockpiles, excavation, charging batch plants, loading and unloading tricks. May be used with attachments in lieu of the bucket. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed Performs other related duties.
Laborer, Common
A general term used on construction work covering many unskilled classifications requiring work of a physical nature. A laborer works with all crews doing everything from pick and shovel work to cleaning up lumber with hammer, shoveling and placing concrete, uses air tools, cleans concrete joints and fills joints with sealing compound from bucket or with hose and nozzle from a central source, applies coating of oil to inside face of forms, may help set and strip forms, unloads and transports reinforcing steel, cures newly poured concrete, helps lower pipe into ditch for pipelayers, builds fences, works with dirt crew keeping construction layout stakes out of the way of dirt-moving equipment. May fine grade excavation and ditches, shovels hot asphalt material. May use power tools and other necessary equipment in demolition work. Does not ordinarily perform work permitting exercise of independent judgment or without close direction by other workers. Usually an entry level position as the first step to learn a skill. Performs other related duties.
Loader/Backhoe Operator
Operates a rubber-tired machine mounted with a backhoe bucket on one end and a loader bucket on the other end. Used for excavating ditches and structures, laying pipe and precast concrete structures, carrying material in the loader bucket, and general excavation and backfill. May also be equipped with hydraulic attachments. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Mechanic
Assembles, sets up, adjusts and maintains and repairs all types of construction equipment and trucks. May perform the duties of a welder in repair of equipment. Performs other related duties.
Milling Machine Operator
Operates power-driven milling machine that planes material of the roadbed and discharges the material into a hauling unit or a window. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Motor Grader Operator, Fine Grade
Operates motor grader. Performs many of the same duties of Motor Grader, Rough, but in addition performs finish grade work to bluetops or other close specification control. This work is subject to strict inspection and must conform closely to specifications. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Motor Grader Operator, Rough
Operates Motor Grader. Equipment is used to grade excavation and embankment and to lay asphalt, base and other materials. May blade haul roads and do other general motor grader work, but does not perform finish grade work to close specification tolerances. This operator may be a learner in the first phase of learning the skills of motor grader work. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Roller Operator, Asphalt
Operates a self-propelled machine with either steel wheels or pneumatic tires which is used to compact and smooth all bituminous materials. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties. 1405 Roller Operator, Other: Operates a self-propelled machine with either steel wheels or pneumatic tires which is used to compact earth fills, subgrade, flexible base and all other types of materials except bituminous. May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed. Performs other related duties.
Scraper Operator
Operates a self-contained wheeled tractor scraper both self-loading or assisted by crawler tractors or other scrapers. Used to excavate and transport earth or other materials. May oil, grease or equipment as needed. Performs other related duties..
Structural Steel Welder
Certified by the American Welding Society to perform structural steel welding. Operates welding equipment. Welds structural steel girders and diaphragms. May weld permanent metal deck forms. Performs other related duties.
Truck Driver Lowboy—Float
Drives a heavy-duty diesel powered truck to which is attached a trailer upon which heavy equipment is hauled. Driver is often required to operate heavy equipment to load or unload the lowboy. May require CDL license for on-highway use. May service and make necessary adjustments for proper operation of equipment. Performs other related duties.
Truck Driver, Single Axle
Drives a light capacity truck for transporting loads of construction material. The truck is of single rear axle type, may have various kinds of beds attached such as dump, flat bed, tank, etc. May require CDL license for driving on highway. May service and make necessary adjustments for proper operation of equipment. Performs other related duties.
Truck Driver, Tandem Axle Tractor with Semi Trailer
Drives a diesel powered tractor pulling a semi trailer hauling materials. Hauls dirt, rock, aggregates or other material. May require CDL license for driving on highway. May service and make necessary adjustments for proper operation of equipment. Performs other related duties.
Truck Driver, Single or Tandem Axle Dump Truck
Drives a heavy duty diesel powered dump truck used in hauling materials. Hauls dirt, rock, aggregates, non-agitated concrete or other material. May also be used for operation of water trucks. May require CDL license for driving on highway. May service and make necessary adjustments for proper operation of equipment. Performs other related duties.
Truck Driver Transit—Mix
Drives a gasoline or diesel truck upon which is mounted a concrete mixer. Operates concrete mixer and dumps concrete on the grade, into forms or into concrete pumps or buckets. Cleans mixer drum. May require CDL license for on-highway use. May service and make necessary adjustments for proper operation of equipment. Performs other related duties.
Welder
Operates welding equipment. Cuts, lays out, fits and welds metals or alloyed metal parts to fabricate or repair equipment. Welds the joints between lengths of pipe for oil, gas or other types of pipelines. Welds structural steel girders and diaphragms. May assist in welding of permanent metal deck forms. Performs other related duties.
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